Pathology of gestational trophoblastic disease

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-522

  Bentley, Rex C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141452230     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200309000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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